Schistosomiasis: B. nyassanus

Courtesy of Ad Konings, Cichlid Press
May 21, 2014
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B. nyassanus
Courtesy of Ad Konings, Cichlid Press

B. nyassanus thrives in the shallow, nutrient-rich sandy sediments of Lake Malaŵi and faces few natural predators due to overfishing. National Museum of Natural History scientist Bert Van Bocxlaer and an international team of researchers revealed that anthropogenic changes in Africa’s Lake Malaŵi are a driving force behind the increase of schistosomiasis, a debilitating tropical disease caused by parasitic flatworms that affects 250 million people worldwide and threatens 600 million more. (Photo courtesy of Ad Konings, Cichlid Press)